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US-12141884

Crowd-sourced automated review of forensic files

PublishedNovember 12, 2024
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Technical Abstract

Provided herein is a system and method for review of forensic report computer files. The method can involve notifying a plurality of service providers of a job to be performed, accepting a bid from a service provider to perform the job, providing the computer file to the service provider, receiving from the service provider a forensic result such as a reviewed file.

Patent Claims
12 claims

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3. The method of claim 1 wherein the one or more forensic data files comprise an annotated electropherogram of STR amplicons.

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4. The method of claim 1 wherein the one or more forensic data files comprise STR allele calls.

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5. The method of claim 1 wherein determining the STR analysis profile computer file does not meet quality criteria is based on the forensic biological data file comprising at least one indication of at least one item failing to pass a confidence threshold for identification.

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6. The method of claim 5 wherein the at least one indication is one or more of an off-ladder peak, an allele imbalance, a pull-up, or an out of bin peak.

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7. The method of claim 5 wherein the forensic evaluation result comprises a reviewed STR profile computer file with the at least one indication cleared from the STR profile computer file.

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9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the forensic evaluation result comprises a revised STR profile computer file or a determination that the original file can or cannot be used for further processing.

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11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, the method further comprising uploading the reviewed STR profile computer file to a forensic database.

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12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the one or more forensic data files comprise STR allele calls.

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13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein determining the STR analysis profile computer file does not meet quality criteria is based on the forensic biological data file comprising at least one indication of at least one item failing to pass a confidence threshold for identification.

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14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the at least one indication is one or more of an off-ladder peak, an allele imbalance, a pull-up, or an out of bin peak.

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15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the forensic evaluation result-comprises a reviewed STR profile computer file with the at least one indication cleared from the STR profile computer file.

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17. The method of claim 1, further comprising uploading the reviewed STR profile computer file to a forensic database.

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Filing Date

October 13, 2021

Publication Date

November 12, 2024

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